Category: Tapestry
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The Parramatta!
The Parramatta Tapestry helped me confirm my devotion to the woven cloth and my continuing vocation as a weaver. It is a heart stopper!
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Woven Shibori – the beginnings
I couldn’t wait to start my sampling of woven shibori after reading Catharine Ellis’s book of the same name. I enjoyed weaving the cloth and it came along quite quickly and enjoyably although there are 2 shuttles in use. The cloth is tencel and the shibori threads are mercerised cotton. This is a strong, smooth…
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Making Flowers in your Brain: aka Tapestry Weaving
These small tapestries are really fun to design and weave. They make ‘flowers in your brain’. I’ve designed this one in a slit weave and the only ‘rules’ are to make sure that the vertical slits are not too long, but if they are you can stitch them up after weaving. This one is based…